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Feb

18

2022

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ACJA Amendment: Kalu’s Bill gets accolades,recommendations at public hearing

NATIONAL NEWS#Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes, #Bill, #Dr. Orji uzor kalu, #security

ACJA Amendment: Kalu's Bill gets accolades,recommendations at public hearing From Kenneth Udeh, Abuja A Bill to amend the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) to create a criminal justice administration legislation that is both more effective and more humane has been commended by stakeholders which included Government Agencies, civil rights organisations ,amongst others. While applauding the motive of the bill and its sponsor (Senator Orji Kalu) , stakeholders at Wednesday's public hearing also presented their recommendations to some provisions of sections of the proposed amendment of the criminal justice act. The public hearing of bill entitled, ‘Administration of Criminal Justice…

Feb

15

2022

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Reconstruction Of 50-Km Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene road: Abia Group Lauds Onuigbo, Calls For Reelection

NATIONAL NEWS#Ikwuano-Ikot-Ekpene road, #Reconstruction, #Rep. Sam Onuigbo, #Road projects, #Road rehabilitation, road construction

Reconstruction Of 50-Km Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene road: Abia Group Lauds Onuigbo, Calls For Reelection The member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency of Abia State, Hon Sam Ifeanyi Onuigbo Abia has been appraised for his indefatigable efforts towards the resumption of reconstruction work on the 50-km Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene road by the construction firm handling project. Nzuko Ikwuano-na-Umuahia Citizens Forum, (NIUCF), an umbrella body of the people of Ikwuano, Umuahia North and Umuahia south local government areas of Abia State, gave this applause, as commending Onuigbo's effective representation since assumption of office, in the year 2015. Famousreporters.com recalls that Hartland Nigeria Limited,…

Feb

09

2022

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2023: Quit Race- Clark Urges Atiku, Tambuwal, Others … Says denying Southeast Presidency Calls For Anarchy

NATIONAL NEWS, POLITICS#2023 General election, #2023 Presidency of Igbo Extraction, #Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, #Alhaji Bello Muhammadu Tambuwal, #Anarchy, #Dr. Nikola Saraki, #Nigeria's Indepence, #Southeast for Presidency

2023: Quit Race- Clark Urges Atiku, Tambuwal, Others … Says denying Southeast Presidency Calls For Anarchy Leader of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF), Chief Edwin Clark, has reminded former vice president Atiku Abubakar, Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, and former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, of the roles they played to prevent the re-election of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, for allegedly violating zoning principle in 2015, advising them not to run for the 2023 ticket in the interest of national unity. In a statement he made available to the media in Abuja, on Tuesday, the elder statesman told…

Feb

08

2022

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2023 PRESIDENT: The Odds Favour OUK (Opinion). See what makes Prof. Osinbajo, Tinubu, others ‘Square pegs in a round hole’

NATIONAL NEWS, OPINION#2023 General election, #2023 Presidency of Igbo Extraction, #A round peg in a round hole, #All progressives Congress, #President Mohammadu Buhari, #Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu

2023 PRESIDENT: The Odds Favour Ouk (Opinion). See what makes Prof. Osinbajo, Tinubu, others 'Square pegs in a round hole' By Our Guest Writer Political pundits are of the opinion that the race to the 2023Presidential election will not be tea party affairs. The ruling AllProgressives Congress (APC) has unofficially hinted that it would goto the Southern Part of the country to pick its Presidentialcandidate. The leading opposition party; the Peoples DemocraticParty (PDP) is still contemplating even though the preponderanceof opinion suggests the Southern Nigeria particularly the SouthEast geopolitical Zone as the appropriate destination.One of the forefront contenders is OUK.…

Feb

08

2022

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Behind-The-Scenes: Goodluck Jonathan Secretly Resigns From PDP

NATIONAL NEWS, POLITICS#2023 Presidency of Igbo Extraction, #defection #endBadGovernment, #Goodluck Jonathan, #People'sDemocraticParty, 2023 general election, all progressives Congress

Behind-The-Scenes: Goodluck Jonathan Secretly Resigns From PDP Former President Goodluck Jonathan has, through backstairs, resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, a senior opposition official reveals. In a viral interview, Sule Lamido, the former two-term governor of Jigawa state, made this known. Lamido based his claim on Jonathan’s conspicuous absence from the party’s major national events. This is even as Jonathan has reportedly joined the All Progressives Congress, APC. “I doubt it; he hasn’t been attending recent activities of our party,” Lamido said in a BBC interview when asked about Jonathan’s party membership. Jonathan’s defection has been anticipated for a…

Feb

07

2022

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Just In! Rep. Onuigbo Extolled As Politician With Difference<br>…Bags Climate Champion Award

Just In! Rep. Onuigbo Extolled As Politician With Difference
…Bags Climate Champion Award

NATIONAL NEWS#Climate change, #Climate change Act, #Effective representation, #Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment, #Globe, #Politician with a difference, Rep Sam Ifeanyichukwu Onuigbo

Just In! Rep. Onuigbo Extolled As Politician With Difference…Bags Climate Champion Award The member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency of Abia State, Rep. Sam Onuigbo has been redescribed as a politician with a difference. This is even as the Nigeria Climate Change community has today, honoured the ebullient Lawmaker with the “Climate Champion” award. The group which was led by Dr. Paul Abolo (President of Ecologistics) and Chief Moji Makanjuala MFR,of Women in Renewable Energy Association (WiRE-A), North Central, presented the award to the federal lawmaker in his office at the National Assembly Complex on February 3, 2022. Speaking…

Feb

07

2022

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Contraceptives: Anambra women top list, Yobe women record lowest- NBS

NATIONAL NEWS#Abduction, #Birth control, #Childbirth, #Contraceptives, #National Bureau of Statistics, #NBS, #Traditional Method

Contraceptives: Anambra women top list, Yobe women record lowest- NBS Nigerian Women Anambra married women topped the list of states in the use of traditional contraceptives to control childbirth, while Yobe recorded the lowest figure at 0.3 percent. This is contained in the recent demographic statistics by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) for 2020 posted on its website on Sunday in Abuja. The statistics showed that 98.1 percent of married women in Yobe did not use any contraceptives in the year under review. Abduction of Students In Yobe Is National Disaster- Says BuhariIt categorised the birth controls into traditional…

Feb

06

2022

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Nnamdi Kanu’s Family To Invoke Prima Facie<br>…You Cannot Put Illegality On Illegality FG Told

Nnamdi Kanu’s Family To Invoke Prima Facie
…You Cannot Put Illegality On Illegality FG Told

IPOB, LEGAL, NATIONAL NEWS#Agitation, #BIAFRA agitators, #Freedom Agitator, #Indigenous People of Biafra, #ipob, #Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, #Prima Facie

Nnamdi Kanu's Family To Invoke Prima Facie…You Cannot Put Illegality On Illegality FG Told The family of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has queried why the federal government of Nigeria has failed to produce before the Court, clarifications on how the freedom agitator was renditioned to Nigeria. This is following the extant, intermittent trials of the leader of IPOB who has been in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS. The family also Express shock at the approach of Justice Binta Nyako to the matter, as they threatened that if the…

Feb

05

2022

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2023 Presidency Of Southeast Extraction:<br>Ohanaeze Youth Council, Middle Belt Ethnic Youth Leaders Amalgamate In Enugu …Vow to restore Nigeria as ‘Giant of Africa

2023 Presidency Of Southeast Extraction:
Ohanaeze Youth Council, Middle Belt Ethnic Youth Leaders Amalgamate In Enugu …Vow to restore Nigeria as ‘Giant of Africa

NATIONAL NEWS, POLITICS#2023 Presidency of Igbo Extraction, #Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, #Middle Belt, #Middle Belt Ethnic Youth Leaders, #Ohanaeze Youths Council OYC

2023 Presidency Of Southeast Extraction:Ohanaeze Youth Council, Middle Belt Ethnic Youth Leaders Amalgamate In Enugu …Vow to restore Nigeria as 'Giant of Africa The Apex Socio-cultural organization of Ohanaeze Ndigbo the Ohanaeze Youth Council, (OYC) in conjunction with Middle Belt Ethnic Youth Leaders Assembly, (MBEYLA) has vowed to restore Nigeria to her lost glory, hence 'the Giant of Africa'. This is even as the Council led by her National President, Comrd. Igboayaka O. Igboayaka hosted delegates of MBEYLA, in Enugu, yesterday, Friday 4th February, during a one-day Summit, to address the political "Injustice and Marginalization meted out on Southeast and Middle…

Feb

04

2022

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Breaking: Electoral Act Amendment: Be Patriotic, Rep. Onuigbo Urges Buhari

NATIONAL NEWS#Electoral Act, #Electoral Amendment, #Electoral Law, #Patriotism, #President Mohammadu Buhari, #Rep. Sam Onuigbo

Breaking: Electoral Act Amendment: Be Patriotic, Rep. Onuigbo Urges Buhari Representative Sam Onuigbo, the member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency of Abia State, and member of the House Committee on Electoral Matters, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to respond to the yearnings of Nigerians and assent to the revised Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Reportedly, the said Bill transmitted to PMB for assent on Monday, January 31, 2022. Onuigbo made this hearty call during Channels Television's "Sunrise Daily" in the early hours of February 2, 2022. President Mohammadu Buhari It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had declined assent…